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Days of Future Past may be top of the box office right now, but most X fans are already salivating about the next X-Men film – Apocalypse – due out May 27, 2016.

That film was teased in DOFP’s end credits scene when we see the mutant villain Apocalypse as a young boy in Egypt building pyramids with his mind. In the comics, Apocalypse is one of the X-Men’s greatest adversaries. But the real question, or at least the one I’ve been wondering, is which cast would the upcoming sequel use? Would it be the First Class stars, namely James McAvoy (Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast), with some new additions, or would we see Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and some of the other originals that were teased at the end thrown into the mix as well?

Turns out screenwriter Simon Kinberg has shed some light on that in a recent interview with The Daily Beast.

“(Apocalypse) will focus primarily on the First Class cast, but it will certainly have some of the original cast involved, too,” Kinberg said.

The film is rumoured to take place in the ’80s and director Bryan Singer is expected to return.

Kinberg also talked about Rogue’s deleted scene in DOFP. “When I was crafting the script, I wanted to create a subplot for old Charles and old Eric—Patrick and Ian—to have a mini-mission together, one final adventure. And that’s what the Rogue sequence was—that they went to retrieve Rogue… It was a narrative detour, and in a film with this much momentum and narrative flow, you can’t afford any detours.”

Next summer’s Fantastic Four reboot was also addressed, with Kinberg promising a film that “will feel as unique as when you saw Iron Man, X-Men, or Batman Begins for the first time.”

It won’t be goofy, he promises. Thank goodness for that.

Head over to The Daily Beast to read more from Kinberg’s interview, including what is happening with the recently-announced Gambit movie.

The latest, gloomiest trailer for Fox’s upcoming superhero movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past, has arrived.

While Fox has certainly left an abundant of teasers, posters, and stills from Days of Future Past for eager fans to bide their time with, the official UK trailer is the first time since the original trailer launched in November that fans will be treated to new footage from the film.

The most impressive, of course, being the scenes of utter devastation surmised from a war between the mutant collective and the large faction of humans who detest their very existence.

“So many battles waged over the years, and yet, none of them like this,” Patrick Stewart, who is reprising his role as Professor Xavier, says at the beginning of the clip. “Are we destined to destroy each other, or can we change who we are and unite?”

Fans of previous X-Men films, specifically Bryan Singer’s original X-Men installments, won’t be shocked by the high intense, action packed battle scenes, but in Days of Future Past, the waging war looks like it’ll take place in a post-apocalyptic world, complete with powerful technological surveillance and a gritty monochromatic atmosphere.

Maybe the dystopian genre isn’t quite dead.

The latest trailer also delves a little more into the past friendship between a young Xavier (James McAvoy) and a young Magneto (Michael Fassbender) as they come to terms with the eternal consequences of their personal war.

Of course, there’s new footage of the powerful -and celebrity studded- X-Men team that wasn’t available in the first trailer that may appease the devoted X-Men followers.

All of this wrapped tightly together with a brand new poster for the film, highlighting the devastation that will undoubtedly follow the genetically enhanced, troubled misfit clan.

Remember, there will be another installment of the franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse, so it may be wise not heading into the film with dreams of a grandeur victory. At least, not yet.

Due to be released world wide on May 23, Days of Future Past is the direct sequel to 2011′s reinvention of the series, First Class.

Bryan Singer’s time-travelling X-Men: Days of Future Past isn’t out for another two months, but he’s stoking anticipation for the already-planned sequel which is already inked in for a 2016 release.

In an extensive interview with Total Film (via Comicbookmovie.com), the director revealed X-Men: Apocalypse will take place in the 1980s, involve ancient mutants and “more mass destruction” than any of the existing X-Men films.

“It’ll be a contemporary movie – well, it’ll take place in the ’80s… The ’80s is a period now – it’s hard for me to believe that… Apocalypse will have more of the mass destruction that X-Men films, to date, have not relied upon. There’s definitely now a character and a story that allow room for that kind of spectacle.”

Singer also revealed there are other X-Men stories he wants to tell. “Yeah, there actually are … These prequels are really exciting for me because they give me a chance to explore ideas I came up with more than a decade ago.”

Attention X-Men fans, Empire is releasing an unprecedented 25 variant covers for its latest issue which will be bringing readers all things related to Bryan Singer’s upcoming Days of Future Past.

The covers were revealed in a flurry of tweets courtesy of Singer and film’s official Twitter account. Among the new images we’re getting a look at: Evan Jonigkeit’s Toad, the Sentinels, Havoc, Quicksilver, Warpath and a younger version of returning villain, William Stryker.

Of course, there’s a the always-beautiful Jennifer Lawrence looking perfectly nude and blue, as well has Hugh Jackman’s shredded Wolverine (on two covers) and Michael Fassbender’s young Magneto and James McAvoy’s young Charles Xavier. Even Anna Paquin, who was cut from the film, appears on one of the promotional covers.

You can check out some of the covers below. For the full 25, head over to Empire. You can also read all of our Days of Future Past coverage here.

The reaction to Quicksilver, who will also appear in a different form in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, was far from enthusiastic, with fans comparing the design to Burger King’s Kid Vid and actor Corey Feldman.

Quicksilver in the new "X-Men: Days of Future Past" movie is basically Kid Vid from the Burger King Kid's Club. pic.twitter.com/HKhEWTDN6X

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